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  1. The Heart of Buchanan

    The Heart of Buchanan

    Adapted from a story by Sandra Fenichel Asher.

    Product Code: H93000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 1w. (4 girls 8 to 13)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 15 min.
    Sarah's military family moves often, but never before to a town as small as Buchanan. Sarah makes friends by singing in the choir and takes the Christmas program lightly-until she realizes its effect on her more vulnerable little sister. Learn More
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  2. Creche

    Creche

    By Monica Raymond

    Product Code: CC9000

    • Drama
    • High School | College
    • 2w.
    • 10 min.
    Two teenage girls find a newborn baby placed in a papier-mach Learn More
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  3. Ma in Her Kerchief

    Ma in Her Kerchief

    By Janet Kenney

    Product Code: ME6000

    • Drama
    • College
    • 2w.
    • 10 min.
    A strong willed mother-in-law, suffering from cancer, works out the territorial implications of living in her daughter-in-law's household. Learn More
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  4. Boid & Oskar

    Boid & Oskar

    By Elizabeth Wong.

    Product Code: BA7000

    • Comedy | Drama | Tragedy
    • Elementary School | Middle School | High School
    • 2m., 2w. (plus many gender-neutral ensemble roles; may be done with 3m., 3 w. with doubling.) Multicultural cast suggested.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    Inspired by Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince,this play is a hip, humorous and heartwarming parable about sacrifice and the lessons of true friendship. Prince Oskar is the spirit of a shiny, red, classic Corvette convertible—without a care in the world. But, placed as a monument high above the city, he alone sees the suffering below—a young girl conflicted by feelings of inferiority, a young boy without a home living in the streets, a writer who has lost the desire to write. With the help of a wise-cracking sparrow named Boid, the prince makes it his mission to help the townspeople. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  5. The Angels' Greatest Message

    The Angels' Greatest Message

    By Sandra Pound.

    Product Code: AJ8000

    • Drama
    • 2m., 6 either gender. Can be expanded.
    • 20 min.
    The Christmas story told in a refreshing new way, from the point of view of the angels who are chosen to announce the birth of Jesus to the shepherds. Learn More
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  6. An Implausible Claus

    An Implausible Claus

    By Nikki Harmon.

    Product Code: I47000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • High School | College | Professional
    • 1m. (1 girl.)

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 30 min.
    Jensie discovers that the Ho-Ho Hotline is being answered by a Jewish man at a retirement home. While the unusual twosome spend time together, imagination is rekindled. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  7. A Christmas for Carol

    A Christmas for Carol

    By Julie Landry.

    Product Code: CL4000

    • Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 4 to 6m., 9 to 11w., extras.
    • 25 min.
    A girl is critical of Christmas until something happens that helps her understand the joy of giving. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  8. The Red Rose

    The Red Rose

    By le Clanche du Rand. Based upon Beauty and the Beast.

    Product Code: R42000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • College | Professional
    • 2m., 1w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 45 min.
    This play is an innovative, entertaining, and emotionally relevant treatment of the Beauty and the Beast theme for modern audiences using marks, mime and sound. Thematically it concerns itself with what lies below the apparent surfaces of people and events, as well as with the journey of learning how to love. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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